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Aryna Sabalenka #5 def. Belinda Bencic #10

7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 2023*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Aryna Sabalenka
Score	7-5 6-2
Loser	Belinda Bencic

Stat	Aryna Sabalenka	Belinda Bencic
Aces	4	4
Double faults	4	8
First serve %	59	53
First serve points won %	78	63
Second serve points won %	64	48
Break points saved %	0	20
Break points converted %	80	100
Service points won %	72	56
Return points won %	44	28
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Aryna Sabalenka	Belinda Bencic
Country	BLR	SUI
Birth date	May 5, 1998	Mar 10, 1997
Age	24	25
Height	182	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	10
Ranking points (entering)	4,340	2,735
Elo (entering)	2,021	1,979
Career W-L	399–138	298–187
Career earnings	$50,259,447	$17,050,641

Pre-match H2H

Aryna Sabalenka 1 – 1 Belinda Bencic

Path

Aryna Sabalenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2023	R32	Elise Mertens	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2023	R64	Shelby Rogers	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2023	R128	Tereza Martincova	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Aryna Sabalenka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2023	QF	Donna Vekic	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Belinda Bencic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2023	R32	Camila Giorgi	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2023	R64	Claire Liu	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2023	R128	Viktoriya Tomova	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data